How to Install and Uninstall ptscotch Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "ptscotch" package

This is a short guide on how to install ptscotch on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ptscotch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ptscotch" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ptscotch on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ptscotch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ptscotch package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ptscotch
Priority: extra
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 427
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: scotch
Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2build4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libopenmpi1.10, libptscotch-5.1
Filename: pool/universe/s/scotch/ptscotch_5.1.12b.dfsg-2build4_amd64.deb
Size: 47816
MD5sum: 1a2e2c82ca01bf595bc4d094c190e0bd
SHA1: 2f6336c6cb1a9e76e40b827ad4dda6043cfa763b
SHA256: 66627c9f3cb03ee2fcc8f7a249d2f199f5e35287621114b944c67b12adfe37af
Description-en: MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning
PT-SCOTCH is the MPI version of scotch, which is a set of programs and
libraries which implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering
algorithms developed within the SCOTCH project.
Description-md5: d115514760fcf4844d04f60e43ab1308
Homepage: http://www.labri.fr/perso/pelegrin/scotch/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu